Families

It’s Toys for Tots Time at 5 County Airports

| 12:40 PM

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Making a child smile may be the best feeling anyone can ever get―especially during the holiday season! The County and Marine Corps can help you get that good feeling. Just drop off a new, unwrapped toy in a Toys for Tots donation box at one of five County airports.

Families

Help a Child, It’s Toys for Tots Time at County Airports!

| 8:49 AM

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One of the best feelings anyone can get during the holiday season comes when you put a smile on someone else’s face—especially when it’s on the face of a child. The County can help you get that good feeling! Just drop off a new, unwrapped toy in one of the annual Toys for Tots donation boxes between now and Dec. 10 at one of five County airports.

Public Safety
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McClellan Palomar Airport to Hold Disaster Drill Thursday Morning

| 9:42 AM

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County airport staff, working with Carlsbad police and firefighters, are scheduled to hold a major disaster exercise Thursday morning at McClellan Palomar Airport in Carlsbad. County officials said people living in the surrounding areas should not be startled by the activities, which will run from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., Thursday, Nov. 3, and could include sirens and fire engines.

Government

Board Approves New Master Plan for McClellan Palomar Airport Master

| 4:15 PM

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County Supervisors voted unanimously Wednesday to adopt a new 20-year master plan for McClellan-Palomar Airport designed to make the airport safer and quieter and which could entice small commercial air service back to the airport.

Transportation
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New Non-Stop Charter Flights to and From Taos Start at McClellan-Palomar Airport

| 2:29 PM

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A new seasonal air charter service is scheduled to start flying Thursday between the County’s McClellan-Palomar Airport and Taos, New Mexico through the end of March.